Patents by Inventor Hongchun Zhuang

Hongchun Zhuang has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for a lightning protection using vacuum plasma
    Patent number: 6804106
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightning protection, and in particular, to lightning protection using vacuum plasma. The lightning protection of the present invention impairs an electric field created by an atmospheric condition, such as a charged cloud, by polarizing vacuum plasma that is under the effect of the electric field. The polarized plasma neutralizes or diminishes the electric field in the proximity of a protected object and thus prevents the electric field from reaching a sufficient level where the air near the protected object fails to act as an insulator. In this way, the lightning strike is prevented from hitting an object surrounded by or in close proximity to the plasma.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: Hongchun Zhuang
  • Method and apparatus for a lightning protection using vacuum plasma
    Publication number: 20030103311
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightning protection, and in particular, to lightning protection using vacuum plasma. The lightning protection of the present invention impairs an electric field created by an atmospheric condition, such as a charged cloud, by polarizing vacuum plasma that is under the effect of the electric field. The polarized plasma neutralizes or diminishes the electric field in the proximity of a protected object and thus prevents the electric field from reaching a sufficient level where the air near the protected object fails to act as an insulator. In this way, the lightning strike is prevented from hitting an object surrounded by or in close proximity to the plasma.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventor: Hongchun Zhuang